The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Captain (Infantry) Jabez G. Gholston, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 6th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Fontaines, France, 7 November 1918. Captain Gholston personally led several of his platoons against machine guns on the flank of the attacking battalion and reduced that resistance. He was wounded by shellfire upon reaching the objective, but remained with his company until the position had been organized and an advance upon a new objective begun.